MicroCell Major Issues?

MicroCell Major Issues?

I have had my Microcell since May of last year. May of this year I recieved a text message stating that my device did not match my adress. I derigistered my device and reregistered. Fixed it until yersterday July 1st I recieved another text stating the same. I called tech support they attempted to also derigister and rereister the device. It gave them an ERROR stating try again after 15mins. Online I am also getting the same msg. Help! Still no call back or help from AT&T!

Re: MicroCell Major Issues?

This is an on-going problem with AT&T where the GPS coordinates sent do not match what is in their "locational" database. This probably happened after AT&T did some nightly maintenance of which one of the items is to check location accuracy. It is not a system-wide problem so it's very difficult to isolate and correct.

Unfortunately phone support is fairly clueless on what to do because this is outside of their scripted responses. You can try a hard reset: turn off the power to the MicroCell, hold in the reset button on the back (it's a little hole at the bottom and you'll need a paperclip), turn the power back on and keep holding in the reset button for about 30 seconds. The MicroCell will go thru the Initial Activation process again. It probably won't work but it has for some.

Send a PM to CustomerCare (link in my sig) explaining the problem, what you have done to correct it, your account information, the best way to contact you, and your location.

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One would think that there is some commonality to this GPS/Locational Database problem that has affected many posters here, even if it isn't system-wide. Since I am not privy to the inner workings of the Mcell backend, no doubt it is more complicated than I would like to think or this would have been resolved by now.

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Yep. I think it has something to do with the night time maintenance that AT&T does where they check the location of the MicroCell either by tower triagulation or GPS. Something happens when it compares location from either of those methods to the physical address on file. I've talked to the Admins and they thought it had been corrected but what ever bug it is is still in the system. Compounding the problem is the fact that it's not system-wide so it's hard to nail down.

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I am not getting this message *FTC5284: Your earlier request is beingprocessed. Please allow 15 minutes before retrying your request. After 15minutes You can log back again to confirm that your request has beenprocessed. [RFS|RegisterFemtocellService|50000000284]. *

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ElizabethN wrote:Oops! It was supposed to say I am now getting that error code.

Elizabeth, you really need to PM CustomerCare as suggested. When a PM for you comes in, th a little blue envelope will appear in the upper right corner next to your username. It should also have a number associated with it that indicates the number of unread messages you have.

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Dmitriy,Could you try to help me with this same problem?I am currently on the phone for the third day trying to get my microcell working again.It worked fine for a month and two days ago stopped.My 3G light is blinking red.I tried to deactivate and reactivate, I've changed the setup to put the internet directly through the Microcell instead of my router, I have moved the Microcell to a window, I have restarted the unit several times including the reset button.My internet signal is 14 to 16 Mbps, which is way more than enough to run this thing.My internet light is green, my GPS light is green.I get emails from ATT With error "102" stating that my address does not match the GPS location of the unit.It has never left this 1,300 sq ft apartment!!Please help!I need my phone for my job!Mark

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Thanks for the reply Otto!

I did send a PM to customer care but no response.

The unit was not near a window before, it was on an interior wall of the apartment 34 feet from the south windows. It was working fine there since I got it a month and a half ago, until the location error problem occurred two days ago.

Per ATT support I moved it to a Window. It is sitting right in the window sill now.

I just got off another call with ATT support. I explained the issue you stated in some of your posts I read last night, that it could be Incorrect data in the ATT locational database. She would not let me talk to a higher level tech or a supervisor but she claimed that she talked to someone and that they corrected my address against their location data. She then had me restart the unit again. So now I play the 90 minute waiting game again. Got my fingers crossed.She said she would call me back, but I reminded her I have no phone signal :/ (had to call in on Skype).She refused to give me a ticket number as I requested, but gave me her name, badge number and her supervisor's name and direct number so I can call back in 90 minutes. I'm tired of starting over from square one every time I talk to them!

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